
Site / Project Name | 
1894 City Market (Also known as Ritchie Grocery) |

Brownfield Site Address | 
105 Olive St. Texarkana, AR 71854 |

Site Owner | 
Building Owner is Private, 1894 LLC, David Peavy Manager. Loading Dock area is all city owned property, Texarkana, Arkansas |

Clear Title | 
Yes |

Owner Contaminator | 
No |

Former Use | 
Grocery Warehouse with produce coolers, warehouse area, loading docks, office furniture store |

Land Use | 
Vacant building listed as a historic building by the Park service. Brick facade perimeter, with wood timbers for interior support. Large Doors and windows of the period of 1894. |

Infrastructure | 
Adjoining Two city streets, Olive and Front Streets. Railroad tracks about 150' away. |

Assessment Level | 
Phase 1
A formal Phase 1 is being scheduled now. An Environmental company did a pre-buy survey |

Contaminants | 
Asbestos in the cooler ceilings, 7 coolers, Each about 40' X 20'. May have petroleum issues in the soil under the loading dock. |

Cleanup Program | 
No |

Remediation | 
No |

Developer | 
Yes
I will be developing |

Future Use | 
Mixed Use |

Financing Tools: Federal Programs | 
Federal Tax Credits |

Financing Tools: State Programs | 
Arkansas State Tax credits |

Financing Tools: Funds Committed | 
Waiting for US Park service application part 2 review |

Challenges | 
Financing; Assessment and Cleanup of property |

Technical Assistance | 
Historic Tax Credits
Reconstruction Loan Funding, clean up funding, |